The Ukrainian Film Festival in Sydney will burst onto the screen between Friday 26 - Sunday 28 May at Dendy Cinema Newtown with a moving and thought-provoking range of Ukrainian internationally recognised dramas, … Read More...
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AFUO Education and Employment Sub-committee to ramp up activity
With 5,000 displaced Ukrainians currently living in Australia, the AFUO will be expanding the work of its Education and Employment subcommittee to provide assistance to displaced Ukrainians with: education … Read More...

AFUO welcomes further sanctions against Russia but says more military aid is needed
The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) has thanked Prime Minister Albanese for announcing additional sanctions against Russia, but has warned that this will not be enough to ‘slow Russia’s war … Read More...

Vyshyvanka Day: 18 May 2023
In 2006, a student at Chernivtsi University in south west Ukraine, Lesia Voroniuk, founded the first Vyshyvanka Day to preserve Ukrainian folk traditions of wearing embroidered clothing. Today, as Russia … Read More...

WANTED: Ukrainian Students – Вивчення української мови у старших класах в Австралії
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#FreeTheHawkei banners greet Canberra politicians
Our #FreeTheHawkei campaign continues. As politicians arrived in Canberra on Sunday 7 May and Monday 8 May, they were greeted by an enormous billboard just outside Canberra Airport. On the billboard, the vibrant … Read More...

Neo-fascist, pro-war Russian Z symbol has no place in Australia
The appearance of men wearing t-shirts with the Z symbol at a performance of the Russian Orthodox Male Choir at the Sydney Town Hall on 28 April 2023 was sickening. One man was photographed shaking hands with the … Read More...

#FreeTheHawkei rallies around Australia & the world
The Ukrainian-Australian community held rallies around Australia on 29 April to ask the Australian Government to continue its support for Ukraine and to #FreeTheHawkei - a next-generation protected vehicle made in … Read More...

Australian who died in Ukraine remembered by his Lera
A powerful story by Ukrainian-Australian, Pete Shmigel, about Valeria ‘Lera’ Stepanenko and her partner Victorian man, Sage O’Donnell, who was killed late last year defending Ukraine from the Russian invasion, has … Read More...

Ukrainian soldiers send thanks to Australia on Anzac Day
The AFUO asked a team from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence to help get Julian Knysh, our very own Ukrainian-Australian documentary film-maker, to the front lines. We wanted to get some footage of the … Read More...

National Rugby League honours the Ukrainian warrior spirit
Thank you to the National Rugby League (NRL) for honouring the Ukrainian warrior spirit as part of the ANZAC Round. The Ukrainian Council of NSW (UCNSW) partnered with the NRL to host a day of activities for … Read More...

Award-winning Australian photographer Gary Ramage captures devastation of Russia’s war on Ukraine
An exhibition by Walkley Award winning photojournalist Gary Ramage documenting the destruction, pain and suffering caused by Russia’s war on Ukraine will be on display at the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum … Read More...